REGGIO EMILIA – The Reggiana Basketball clearly beats the Cedevita Junior 83 to 60 and thanks to Bosna’s victory, qualifies for the quarter-finals of the Fiba Europe Cup two rounds early. They immediately started in a decisive manner and after the initial skirmishes, thanks to a good aggressive defence, Una Hotels managed to gain 7 points at the first interval. The guests try with physicality and speed to make up for it, but the triples by captain Vitali and Rossatoreject the guests’ ambitions and with a good distribution of the baskets – 10 players on the scoresheet – at halftime the lead rises to 15 points. In the second half the script does not change and the red and whites increase the gap up to +24. At the end applause for everyone and satisfaction with passing the shift.
The other scheduled match: KK Bosna – CSM Oradea 76-63
Group L standings: Una Hotels 8KK Bosna 7; CSM Oradea 5. Cedevita Junior 4.
The scoreboard
UNA HOTELS REGGIO EMILIA – CEDEVITA JUNIOR 83-60
A HOTELS REGGIO EMILIA: Barford 15, Brown 5, Thor, Rossato 3, Woldatensae 8, Mainini, Caupain 11, Williams 10, Uglietti 2, Severini 3, Echenique 20, Vitali 6. Allenatore: Priftis.
CEDEVITA JUNIOR: Stojic, Ganey, Pesic 5, Sare 4, Buljevic 14, Skrobot 13, Brzoja 4, Vrankovic 4, Zemljic 3, Daniels 5, Krstanovic 2, Kalajzic 6. Allenatore: Pesut.
Referees: Calatrava (Spa), Hekimoglu (Tur), Maciulis (Lit).
Partial: 19-12; 24-16; 18-14; 22-18
Note: 1382 spectators. Unsportsmanlike foul against Daniels in the 17th minute. Unsportsmanlike foul by Pesic in the 35th minute. Rossato comes off for fouls in the 38th minute. Pesic comes off for fouls in the 39th minute.
The news
First quarter
At the tap-off they show up: for Reggio Brown, Caupain, Woldetensae, Severini and Williams, for Zagreb Brzoja, Sare, Daniels, Vrankovic and Kalajzic. Priftis’ team took the lead in the match with an aggressive defense and a decent attack, making it 11-6 at mid-quarter. Cedevita is doubled at 16 to 8 and therefore Una Hotels remains in control, already rotating 10 players of which 6 are on the scoresheet. With a few too many turnovers, at 10′ the score was 19-12.
Second quarter
Cedevita tries to be more enterprising, but after a moment of difficulty, with triples from Rossato (first points in the red and white jersey) and Vitali, Una Hotels’ lead rises to +12. Reggiana continues its run without finding much resistance from the Zagreb players, so, without any rings, but with an honest game, everyone goes to the break at 43 to 28.
Third quarter
Una Hotels counters Cedevita’s attempts basket after basket, but in a short time they are already in the bonus. Echenique’s presence is felt under the bridge and we reach +23. Timeout by Pesut, to try to contain the red and white game, but the result is a block from the Colombian center from Reggio. Coach Priftis rotates his players, but the flow of the match remains unchanged, with a lead that remains over 20 points. With a somewhat confusing ending we go to the penultimate siren at 61 to 42.
Fourth bedroom
The match is slowly sliding towards the conclusion without any major shocks, except for the fact that Cedevita is trying to make this match less onerous, containing the gap and with Pallacanestro Reggiana decreasing their shooting averages. Basically we are waiting to define the score, but Una Hotels takes advantage of a Zagreb that surrendered too early and wins with hands raised 83 to 60, but above all they reach the quarter-finals of the Fiba Europe Cup.
